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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg

Is Kepa Arrizabalaga back to his best at Chelsea, or a short-term solution?

Chelsea's Kepa Arrizabalaga
Kepa Arrizabalaga has mainly been a reserve since losing his place to Édouard Mendy in 2020. Photograph: Ashley Western/Colorsport/Shutterstock

Kepa Arrizabalaga has been here before: a new manager, a clean slate, the chance to start over. By now, after all the trials and tribulations, the Spaniard probably knows not to get ahead of himself.

It has been four years since Arrizabalaga turned up at Chelsea, all bristling confidence and youthful innocence as he insisted that becoming the world’s costliest goalkeeper was no big deal, and experience will tell him that his current run as a starter for Graham Potter is not something to take for granted.

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